bait well

[ray58]

I'M a new boat owner, just purchaced a 76 seacraft.i'm having a problem with my well,durring the process of installing the well i relealized the deck level is lower than the water level outside boat .how can i get the water in my well to drain?

[eggsuckindog]

which model, is this an in floor model?

[ray58]

not sure on the model ,but it is in the floor.

[Ntrain2k]

You will probably have to use a pump on the drain to pump it out. If you run it to a thru hull above water line it won't back flow in. If it is at or below water line you might need to add a check valve inline.

[FELLOW-SHIP]

The first question is where did you install the bait well? Second question how much weight do you have in the back?

I have a 23’ 1976 CC and moved it forward to just in back of the leaning post seat. Plus I installed a deck for it to sit on same height as the gas tank platform, then I moved as mush weight forward under the center consol plus one motor on the transom then I cut a drain hole approx 3” maybe even more from the top of the tank and drains out the back close to the bottom of the V of the transom. I don’t get water overflow unless a bait fish gets stuck in the drain. I also have a sealed deck hatch kept close unless I am putting in or taking out a bait. With all this the water level is almost up to the deck but it doesn’t overflow.



FellowShip

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My motto: Just for the Grins

[oldfielder]

My i/o has that in-deck baitwell right about where fellowship has his but I've never gotten up the nerve to plumb it. I sure would like to, but that big drain hole in the bottom of the transom scares me a little. Does the line have a check valve in it? Does it have a shut-off to manually seal the line?
I've often thought that I should just put a portable on deck, as I don't do too much live bait, but that's surrendering even more deck space than thei/o already takes up.

[FELLOW-SHIP]

I have a cut off on the intake scoop where the bait pump pulls into the tank and on the exit I have brass through hull with thick hose and two clamps on both ends holding it together.
Holes in your boat are always a concern but really holes are not the problem poor connections, poor maintains, and bad bilge pumps are. I have one scoop, one transducer big football size hole, one drain for the boat and one for the live well now I am thinking about 2 underwater lights. Some boats look like a swish cheese now a days with all the stuff they are putting in them. O I forgot my ducer has a hole in it for the temp and MPR paddle as well Plus that hole in the front of the hull for the drain in that fish box.

FellowShip

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My motto: Just for the Grins